# Accident 19810530030569A: Hiller UH12E, Orleans, CA, May 30, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1981, 11:45 local time
- Place: Orleans, CA
- Airport: Orleans
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3015° N, 123.5412° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orleans, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3015&lon=-123.5412&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62409, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N62409) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller OH-23G (registry code 4360121, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-oh-23g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 series (registry code 03014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER UH12E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,938 total, 734 in this make and model, 76 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DVD28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DVD28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810530030569A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ALLOWED TAIL ROTOR STRIKE ON PRACTICE AUTOROTAION LANDING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX81DVD28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DVD28), May 30, 1981: Hiller Acft UH-12E (N62409), Orleans, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N62409 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19830419015499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830419015499A), Apr 19, 1983: Hiller OH23G (N62409), Nordman, ID, Destroyed. Made a run on landing on a snow-packed road. Skids broke through the hard packed snow. Tipped forward and broke up.
- [Accident 19760927030189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760927030189A), Sep 27, 1976: Hiller OH23G (N62409), Clark Fork, ID, Substantial damage. Practice autorotation.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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